Biography

The song Dh'Èirich Mi Gu Moch Ro Latha was recorded in July 1970 at the home of Danny K. MacLeod, Danaidh Cheanaidh, on the North Shore of Cape Breton Island. Singing with Danny is Calum A. MacLeod from Black Rock, a small coastal village in Victoria County, about twenty miles northeast of St Anns.

Calum's father's family came from Harris and his mother's side from Kyles Scalpay. He was born in 1898 and was 71 when the song when the song was recorded. At various times he worked capturing animals for their fur; he was involved in lobster fishing and farm work. He was a church elder and often led singing by precenting when the psalms were sung. For many years he was a member of the famous singing group, the North Shore Singers. There was a story about a tour with Danny and two others, Tommy Peggy and Dan Morrison, singing in a famous theatre at Harvard in 1955. Afterwards, it seems Dan said, "We could get Hollywood interested in our singing next." But Calum responded, "You better get your hay in first."

They also sang at the famous Newport Festival in 1965, on the same day Bob Dylan appeared for the first time with a band playing electric instruments.